Stockoceros
Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stockoceros is an extinct genus of the North American artiodactyl family Antilocapridae (pronghorns),[2] known from what is now Mexico and the southwestern United States.[1] The genus survived until about 12,000 years ago, and was present when Paleo-Indians reached North America.[3][4]
| Stockoceros Temporal range: | |
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| S. conklingi skeleton | |
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| Life restoration | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Tribe: | †Stockoceratini |
| Genus: | †Stockoceros Skinner, 1942 |
| Species | |
Its horns are each divided near their base into two prongs of roughly equal length. Dental microwear studies suggest that S. onusrosagris was a mixed feeder (both grazing and browsing) with a greater intake of grass into its diet than living pronghorn.[5]
One of the co-discoverers and co-describers of S. onusrosagris was Quentin Roosevelt II, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt; he was 14 at the time of the discovery.[6][7]
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